SOME SCHOOL STORIES.
Thcro are, many amusing stories of Eton school life in that interesting book "The End of the Chapter," by Shane Leslie. As, for instance, when one of the. masters found a button in the chapel collection, which fie read out in the terms of pounds, shillings, and pence. "and one trouserbutton !',' proceeding immediately with the. words of the service, "Rend your hearts and not .your garments." Another good one concerns a young nobleman's son, who introduced himself as Lord C— —, son of Karl C- The whole house kicked him twice, once, for Lord C , ami once for Earl C- —. This latter story the author caps by one from Harrow, where a foreign prince at the school was once mentioned as a candidate. for the. Spanish throne', The poor boy had to be removed, as half the school took the necessary steps to be able to boast afterwards 'that they had .kicked a King of-Spain.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1012, 14 November 1917, Page 6
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157SOME SCHOOL STORIES. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1012, 14 November 1917, Page 6
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